ˈdastardize, v.
[f. dastard n. + -ize: cf. cowardize (of same age).]
= dastard v.
| c 1645 Howell Lett. (1650) II. 16 To dastardize or cowe your spirits. a 1700 Dryden (J.), Such things..As..would dastardize my courage. 1748 Richardson Clarissa (1811) IV. 208 The moment I beheld her, my heart was dastardized. 1841 Tait's Mag. 561 To lie..dastardized in the dust. |